Increase margin for TextView compound drawable

December 25, 2022

I have the following code

 <TextView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@drawable/edit_search_background"
    android:padding="8dp"
    android:drawableStart="@drawable/info"
    android:text="@string/msg_decode_notice"/>

It looks like this:

The problem is that the margin from the edge of the field to the icon differs from the margin from the icon to the text. How can I increase the indentation on the right without resorting to the ImageView + TextView? I try to make my layout as flat as possible

>Solution :

You can try using the android:drawablePadding attribute to specify the padding between the drawable (the icon) and the text. You can also use the android:paddingStart and android:paddingEnd attributes to specify the padding of the text field.

<TextView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@drawable/edit_search_background"
    android:padding="8dp"
    android:drawableStart="@drawable/info"
    android:drawablePadding="16dp"
    android:paddingStart="24dp"
    android:text="@string/msg_decode_notice"/>